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Nov 21, 2024
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University General Course Catalog 2024-2025
Black Studies, Minor
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Black Studies is an 18-unit interdisciplinary minor housed within the Department of Gender, Race and Identity (GRI). Focused on a critical and systematic examination of the histories, cultures, knowledges, experiences, and communities of people of African descent globally, the minor offers a variety of courses in the arts, the humanities, and social sciences. Black Studies emphasizes comparative, transnational, and intersectional approaches to study the diverse cultural and historical contributions of African and African Diaspora communities and foregrounds questions of social justice for those communities. This includes issues ranging from immigration and citizenship, religious freedom, health care, education, poverty, law and justice, gender and sexuality, and other topics.
Students must complete courses relating to the life experiences, theories and epistemologies of peoples of African descent in broad global context, emphasizing historical, contemporary, and intersectional implications.
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I. Program Requirements (18 units)
- Minor GPA | 2.0
- Minor Upper-Division Units | 9
- Minor Residency Requirement | 6 Upper-Division Units in the minor at UNR
- Unit Overlap Limits | Per College of Liberal Arts policy, no more than 9 units counted toward any major may be reused to meet the requirements of this minor.
- Courses taken through USAC and other approved study abroad programs may be used to complete the minor (with advisor approval).
A. Introduction to Race (3 units)
Choose one of the following introduction to race in the United States courses: B. Introduction to Black Studies (3 units)
Choose one of the following introduction to Black Studies theories and methods courses:
C. Electives (12 units)
- Of the 12 units of electives, at least 9 units must be in upper-division (300-400 level) courses.
- Among the 12 units of electives, 6-9 units must be from Group 1, and 3-6 units from Group 2.
- Where courses are crosslisted between ETS, GRI, or WMST and another department, students are encouraged to enroll on the ETS, GRI, or WMST side of the course.
Group 1: Black Studies Focused (6-9 units)
These courses consider Black diasporic experiences both in the United States and transnationally in historical and contemporary contexts. Note that in addition to the courses listed, GRI 491, GRI 498 and GRI 499 may apply to Group 1 Electives with advisor approval and when designed to focus on Black diasporic experiences. HDFS 400 may apply to Group 1 Electives when taught on the topic Hip Hop Studies.
- ANTH 401C - Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3 units) CO11
- ANTH 441D - Archaeology of Africa (3 units)
- ENG 495C - African American Literature (3 units) CO10
- ETS 251 - Theories of Race and Ethnicity (3 units) CO6, CO10
- ETS 307 - Topics in Race and Racism (3 units) CO10
- GRI 280 - Black Epistemologies and Ways of Seeing (3 units) CO10, CO11
- GRI 375 - Afro-Latinx Communities in the U.S. (3 units) CO10, CO11
- GRI 379 - Ethnic and Race Relations (3 units) CO10, CO13
- GRI 422 - Music of the African Diaspora (3 units) CO10, CO11, CO13
- HDFS 400 - Special Problems (1 to 3 units) (approved topic: “Hip Hop Studies”)
- HIST 230 - History of Africa I (3 units) CO11
- HIST 231 - History of Africa II - Modern Africa (3 units) CO10, CO11
- HIST 231A - Islam in Africa: History, Religion, Culture, and Politics (3 units) CO10, CO11
- HIST 293C - Introduction to African-American History I (3 units) CO8, CO10
- HIST 340 - Modern African Diaspora and Popular Cultures (3 units) CO10, CO11
- HIST 433A - The African American Freedom Struggle After 1865 (3 units) CO10, CO13
- HIST 433B - African-American History to 1877 (3 units) CO10, CO11
- HIST 439C - Slavery and Race in Latin America (3 units)
- HIST 477 - Culture and Society in Modern Africa (3 units) CO10, CO11, CO13
- MUS 422 - Music of the African Diaspora (3 units) CO10, CO11, CO13
- PSC 407T - Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa (3 units)
- SOC 375 - Afro-Latinx Communities in the U.S. (3 units) CO10, CO11
- SOC 379 - Ethnic and Race Relations (3 units) CO10, CO13
Group 2: Contextual (3-6 units)
These courses consider Black diasporic experiences in relation to a broader course of study. Students are encouraged to focus on Black Studies topics in their research or other final projects for these courses. - ANTH 401A - Contemporary Latin American Society (3 units) CO10
- ANTH 411B - Anthropology of Islam and Muslim Cultures (3 units) CO10, CO11
- ANTH 418 - Global/Local Inequalities (3 units) CO11, CO14
- ANTH 435 - Anthropology of Global Migration (3 units) CO13
- ANTH 470 - Gender and Migration: Women, Men, and Global Movement (3 units) CO10, CO11
- COM 275 - Racism, Colonialism, and Communication (3 units) CO10
- COM 422 - Difference and Communication (3 units) CO10, CO12
- CRJ 380 - Diversity and Multiculturalism in Community Policing (3 units) CO10
- CRJ 381 - Diversity and Multiculturalism in Criminal Justice (3 units) CO10
- CRJ 427 - Struggle for Justice (3 units) CO10, CO13
- ENG 345 - U.S. Writers of Color (3 units) CO10
- ENG 486A - Studies in Postcolonial Literature and Theory (3 units) CO10, CO11
- ETS 150 - Race in Contemporary Life (3 units) CO10
- ETS 251 - Theories of Race and Ethnicity (3 units) CO6, CO10
- GEOG 476 - Latin America (3 units) CO10, CO11
- GRI 103 - Power, Identity, and Social Justice (3 units) CO6, CO10
- GRI 201 - Narratives of Identity and Difference (3 units) CO10
- GRI 257 - Social Movements of Gender, Race, and Identity (3 units) CO10, CO12
- GRI 272 - Latinx Identities and Cultures (3 units) CO6, CO10
- GRI 344 - Social Movements and Collective Behavior (3 units) CO10, CO11
- GRI 345 - U.S. Writers of Color (3 units) CO10
- GRI 379 - Ethnic and Race Relations (3 units) CO10, CO13
- GRI 418 - Global/Local Inequalities (3 units) CO11, CO14
- GRI 424 - Race, Family, and Motherhood (3 units) CO10
- GRI 428 - Indigenous Feminisms (3 units) CO10
- GRI 460 - Intersectionality and Social Justice (3 units) CO10, CO14
- GRI 478 - Latina Feminisms (3 units) CO10, CO13
- GRI 495 - Capstone in Gender, Race, and Identity (3 units) CO13, CO14
- GRI 490 - Class, Race and Gender (3 units) CO10
- GRI 491 - Special Topics (3 units)
- HIST 227 - Introduction to Latin American History and Culture I (3 units)
- HIST 228 - Introduction to Latin American History and Culture II (3 units) CO6
- HIST 345 - The History of Society and Culture in Brazil (3 units)
- HIST 346 - History of Cuba (3 units) CO11
- HIST 404C - Social Movements in the United States (3 units) CO12, CO13
- HIST 439 - Religion and Society in Latin America (3 units)
- HIST 440A - The Cuban Revolution (3 units) CO10, CO11, CO13
- HIST 479 - Race and Ethnicity in American History (3 units) CO10, CO13
- JOUR 481 - Race, Gender and Media (3 units) CO10
- MUS 421 - Gender and Ethnicity in American Music (3 units) CO10, CO13, CO14
- PORT 321 - Luso-Brazilian Culture & Civilization (3 units)
- PSC 353 - Identity Politics in the United States (3 units) CO10
- SOC 272 - Latinx Identities and Cultures (3 units) CO6, CO10
- SOC 345 - Social Movements and Collective Behavior (3 units) CO10, CO11
- SOC 379 - Ethnic and Race Relations (3 units) CO10, CO13
- SOC 424 - Race, Family, and Motherhood (3 units) CO10
- SOC 490 - Class, Race and Gender (3 units) CO10
- SW 310 - Structural Oppression (3 units)
- WMST 353 - Identity Politics in the United States (3 units) CO10
- WMST 421 - Gender and Ethnicity in American Music (3 units) CO10, CO13, CO14
- WMST 470 - Gender and Migration: Women, Men, and Global Movement (3 units) CO10, CO11
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